Infant & Child

Fun Home

A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

Documents Bechdel's childhood experiences and coming-of-age as a woman and lesbian. At its center lies her difficult relationship with her distant father.

In a Different Voice

Psychological Theory and Women’s Development

Carol Gilligan

Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women. Repeatedly, developmental theories have been built on observations of men's lives. Here, Gilligan attempts to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. The result reshapes our understanding of human experience.

The Homework Myth

Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing

Alfie Kohn

A compelling expose of homework--its negative effects, why it's so widely accepted, and what we can do about it

Play Therapy

The Groundbreaking Book That Has Become a Vital Tool in the Growth and Development of Children

Virginia M. Axline

"The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published." NORMAN CAMERON, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine Here is an intensely practical book that gives specific illustrations of how therapy can be implemented in play contacts, and tells how the toys of the playroom can be vivid performers and aids in growth. As she did with DIBS IN SEARCH OF SELF, Dr. Axline has taken true case histories from the rich mine of verbatim case material of children referred for play therapy, choosing children ranging in age, problem, and personality. It's all here in an important and rewarding book for parents, teachers, and anyone who comes in contact with children.

Patterns of Human Growth

Barry Bogin

A revised edition of an established text on human growth and development from an anthropological and evolutionary perspective.

The Best Schools

How Human Development Research Should Inform Educational Practice

Thomas Armstrong

Armstrong describes the best practices in education based on what we currently know about human development.